WASHINGTON DC - D.C. Councilman David Grosso made a splash at a police oversight hearing by suggesting disarming officers in the District.

“My staff won’t let me tell you that I think we oughta get rid of guns in the city and that police shouldn’t have guns so I’m not gonna tell you that,” Grosso said.

Police officers in D.C. came under fire from frustrated citizens and organizations who say the department continues to use racial profile and unnecessary force at an oversight hearing held on the campus of Howard University.

“Some of the officers treat the citizens who are black in this community like animals on a daily basis,” said Patrice Sulton, of the D.C. branch of the NAACP. More

St. Louis – Protesters gathered in a St. Louis neighborhood late Wednesday after an off-duty police officer fatally shot an 18-year-old black man whom police say opened fire on the officer during a foot pursuit.

St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson, said the officer, a 6-year veteran of the force, was working for a private security company when he approached three men on the street.

“As he exited the car, the men took off running. He was able to follow one of them before he lost him and then found him again as the guy jumped out of some bushes across the street,” Lt. Col. Alfred Adkins said. “The officer approached, they got into a struggle, they ended up into a gangway, at which time the young man pulled a weapon and shots were fired. The officer returned fire and unfortunately the young man was killed.” More

LARKSPUR, Colorado Douglas County deputies are warning the public to stay away from three police and military trained dogs. The German shepherds disappeared from a private kennel in Larkspur after someone released them.

They worry that if approached the wrong way by someone the dogs could react aggressively, making finding them a priority for their office.

The sheriff’s office says together the three dogs are worth close to $100,000, and the idea that someone went there knowing that is something they’re investigating.

“This is off the road aways, so you would have to know that it was there, and let the dogs out of the kennels, so someone specifically intended to let those dogs go free,” Spurlock said. More

Nutty News El Paso, Texas – Mexican federal police momentarily crossed the Rio Grande into the United States in an incursion under investigation by both countries. The incursion occurred east of the Zaragoza Bridge while three hunters were on the U.S. side on the first day of dove season. A relative of the hunters told the station that gunmen in Mexico fired at the hunters and that the gunmen crossed the border and stole their chairs. Border Patrol spokesman Doug Mosier said border agents and Texas Parks and Wildlife officers responded immediately. There were no reported injuries. Agents arriving at the scene saw Mexican federal police crossing the river back into Mexico after they had been on the U.S. side, Mosier said. MoreClick on the Nutty News reporter at the top, left column for another Nutty News story

Nutty News West Babylon, New York – A Long Island school bus driver was called into his boss’ office expecting commendation. Instead, he said he was fired for helping three police officers stranded in a violent storm – and transporting them in his school bus. Daw snapped pictures as a near-monsoon moved through New Hyde Park. Traffic was stopped, cars were submerged and drivers panicked. George Daw finally freed his yellow SUV school bus – with his one single child passenger aboard – amid sudden cries for help from three Nassau County police detectives. “Do I leave these three police officers, due to company policy?” Daw said. “I didn’t even second guess it. I told the child to jump in the back, these people are coming on board. I had to get them.” Daw rescued and transported the police officers – their unmarked patrol car was a total loss. More

Nutty News of the World: Toronto, Canada – Police kicked down the door of a North Toronto apartment after a caller warned them about a possible murder taking place inside. But all they found was a guy wearing noise-cancelling headphones who had the misfortune to be working from home that day. “I didn’t hear them knocking or banging on the door saying: ‘Please open up,’” said software consultant Jason Myles. The first thing I heard was when they attempted to kick down the door.” The headphones drowned out the initial commotion and by the time Myles heard the kicks, it was too late for the door. Myles believes he was a victim of something called “swatting,” a prank in which a caller reports a fake emergency with the intent of getting police to mobilize a SWAT team. More

Nutty News St. Cloud, Florida – Police in St. Cloud, Fla., say McDonald’s customers mistook two dressed-up teenagers for robbers. City police said the boys’ appearance — dressed in black from head to toe, including black masks — scared patrons at the fast-food restaurant into calling 911. “We saw two masked men walking into the McDonald’s; their faces were completely covered with black masks,” one person told a 911 operator. Police surrounded the restaurant while the boys were still ordering their food and at least eight officers waited with guns drawn for the boys to come out. More

Nutty News Henderson, Nevada – A suspect drove off in the police car while officers stood outside their Chevrolet Tahoe shortly after apprehending him on suspicion of attempting to break into a nearby home, police spokesman Todd Rasmussen said. While sitting in the back seat of the patrol car, the suspect managed to slide his handcuffed hands behind his back and scramble through a square-foot-wide opening in a plexiglass window separating the back from the driver’s seat. “He was pretty thin,” Rasmussen said. The suspect then drove off while still handcuffed, making it as far as a softball field about two miles away, Rasmussen said. More…

Nutty News Denver, Colorado – Officials are deeply divided over the proper level of punishment for a police officer who was seen on video tackling and beating a 23-year-old man who was doing nothing but talking on a telephone outside a LoDo nightclub. The video of Officer Devin Sparks repeatedly hitting Michael DeHerrera of Denver with a piece of metal wrapped in leather, picking him up roughly and slamming a car door on his ankle has prompted Independent Monitor Richard Rosenthal to push for the firing of Sparks and Cpl. Randy Murr. More…Video…

Florida – A 17-year-old on a bike was chased by a police officer in a cruiser. When the boy refused to stop, the officer aimed his Taser out the driver’s window and fired. The boy fell off the bike and the cruiser ran over him, killing him. Victor Steen was the fourth person who died in Florida in 2009 in an incident in which a Taser was used. It was the 57th such death since 2001, according to statistics compiled by Amnesty International and the St. Petersburg Times. The cop said he didn’t have a light on his bike only two reflectors. Full Article

BOSTON – The Boston Police Department today launched a new initiative to quell youth violence in the city “build trust among Boston’s youth.” The police initiative involves an ice cream truck that is also police cruiser. Hood donated thousands of Hoodsies. The truck will drive around Boston neighborhoods giving out ice cream. Full Article